Sign-painting process.



THEODORE MUNNECKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SIGN-PAINTING PROCESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed February 23, 1906. Serial No. 302,498.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE MUNNncKE, I a citizen of the United States, and a resident l of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Signt Painting Process, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

This invention relates to a process for l painting signs or fixing characters upon a surface.

The invention is especially applicable in placing signs or letters upon glass, as in showwindows or glass doors, the object being to facilitate this operation.

The invention consists in the process to be described more fully hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a section through a piece of plateglass and illustrating the manner of carrying out the process; and Fig. 2 is a face viewof the glass, showing the process in a nearly-completed state.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a plate of glass or the like upon which the sign is to be placed. As is usual, the sign is attached on the inner face of the glass, so that the sign is read through the glass. The surface 2 of the glass, to which the sign is to be attached, is first thoroughly cleaned, and the character or letter 3 is formed, preferably, of gold-leaf, applied in a suitable manner. The letter having been roughly formed, as described, I then lay over the face of the goldleaf a sheet of tin-foil 4, which has adhering to the inner face thereof a facing-sheet 5, of rubber tissue or similar material. With this composite sheet 6 applied as described, with the tin-foil outermost, I pass a heated roller 7 across the face of the tin-foil, exerting a suitable amount of pressure at the same time. The heat from the roller 7 effects an adhesion between the gold-leaf and the facing-sheet 5 of rubber. The tin-foil operates as a backing-sheet for the rubber and is a protective coating for the gold and assists in maintaining the perfection of the lettering. After the roller 7 has been passed, as suggested, the artist cuts away the ragged edges 8 of the letter, so as to present a straight or artistic outline 9, as indicated in Fig. 2.

While I have described gold as the material used for forming the characters, other materials may be used that have similar properties which enable them to adhere to the glass and at the same time to adhere to the rubber sheet when heat is applied.

To insure that a thorough adhesion of the parts will be obtained, I prefer to pass the roller a second time after the letter or character has been trimmed.

- Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The process of forming characters on a surface which consists in applying a material adhering to the said surface, covering the same with a facing-sheet rendered adhesive by heat, backing said facing-sheet with a backing-sheet .and applying heat to said backing-sheet to efiect an adhesion between said facing-sheet and said material.

2. The process of forming characters on a surface which consists in applying a material adhering to said surface, covering the same with a composite sheet having a facing-sheet rendered adhesive by heat and a backing sheet substantially unaffected by heat, and applying a heated body to said backingsheet to effect an adhesion of said facingsheet to said material.

3. The process of painting signs or characters upon glass, which consists in forming a character of leaf, applying a composite sheet over said leaf, said composite sheet consisting of a layer of tin-foil disposed outermost and a sheet of rubber tissue disposed inwardly and pressing the face of said tinfoil thereafter with a heated object, to eflect an adhesion between the tissue and the leaf.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THEODORE MUNNECKE.

Witnesses:

FRANK V. LA BOUNTIE, HENRY BRUOKNER. 

